The Best Supplements to Start Taking in 2009
Posted on January 12, 2009 - Filed Under Health | Leave a Comment
In this day and age, it’s hard for us to actually “eat” our vitamins, minerals and other necessary nutrients in the proper amounts by consuming the foods. Read on for information on what I feel are the most critical supplements one should consider for daily consumption to enhance their health, appearance, brain function and longevity.
Vitamins are sort of like building blocks for the human anatomy when it comes right down to it. They are organic byproducts of the fruits and vegetables we eat, and are even found in some of the meats we consume, pastas, grains and most other foods that aren’t processed to death, usually in trace amounts.
Defy Premature Aging by Keeping Your Mind Young
Posted on November 29, 2008 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
As we get older the body goes through lots of changes. The most disturbing of these is losing mental acuity. But we don’t have to accept mental decline. There are things that we can do to keep our mind young.
Copyright (c) 2008 Lynne Hagan
As we age, our bodies go through lots of changes. We begin to get wrinkles and fine lines, it’s more difficult to lose weight, we can’t sleep, our energy decreases, our muscle strength weakens,……I think you get the picture. What may be even more disturbing than all of these physical changes is a decline in mental sharpness. While some of us may think of this as a sign that we’re getting older, we don’t have to accept a decrease in mental acumen. There are ways to help our minds stay younger.
Make Love, Not Stress
Posted on November 5, 2008 - Filed Under Health | Leave a Comment
Happy couples live longer and healthier lives. New research shows that they also have lower stress hormones floating around in their blood all day, which lets them handle more challenges at the office.
Copyright (c) 2008 BrainFit For Life
The role of stress reduction is important to almost any health plan. Keeping your brain fit is no different. Constant stress, which plagues many in today’s society, causes an elevation of hormones, including cortisol, that can be bad for your health.
Growth Hormone Deficiency
Posted on October 4, 2008 - Filed Under Health | Leave a Comment
Growth hormone is generally secreted in response to sleep, exercise, and hypoglycemia and encourages growth and metabolic function. It is likely that GHD affects 1 in every 4,000 school-age children.
Growth hormone (GH) deficiency is a disorder that absorbs the pituitary gland (a small gland sited at the base of the brain), which produces increase hormone and other hormones. When the pituitary gland does not produce adequate growth hormone, growth will be slower than normal. GH deficiency can arise at any age, and the most common mark in kids and teens is a slowing of growth to less than 2 inches (5 centimeters) a year. Kids with this disorder generally have normal body proportions – in other words, their bodies look normal, just smaller. Growth hormone deficiency does not involve intelligence or brain function.
